A Synthesis of First Results from Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter
Abstract
Parker Solar Probe, which launched on August 12, 2018, has now completed several orbits, traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before. Together with Solar Orbiter, which was launched February 10, 2020, these missions provide a remarkable combination of vantage points and measurements of the connection between the Sun and the heliosphere. The instrument suites measure in situ thermal plasma, energetic particles, magnetic and electric fields and waves, and the remote measurements include measurements of the photospheric magnetic field, extreme ultraviolet and X-ray emissions, and white light emission from the corona and heliosphere. These data are already yielding great advancements in the understanding of coronal heating, solar wind formation and acceleration, and coronal mass ejections and energetic particle acceleration. We describe first results from Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter on the Sun and how it creates the heliosphere.
- Publication:
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021cosp...43E.930V